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The character 鬏 is a phono-semantic compound describing a coiled hair bun. Its structure features the hair radical 髟 at the top, indicating the semantic category of hairstyles, with the phonetic component 秋 (qiū) below providing the pronunciation. This specialized noun most commonly appears in the colloquial term 鬏髻 (jiūjì), meaning hair twisted and knotted at the back or top of the head. As a term for a specific physical style, it retained a concrete meaning without developing abstract metaphorical uses, appearing primarily in descriptions of personal appearance or traditional grooming.